Pyrrhic victory Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

A "Pyrrhic victory" is a victory which is only achieved with heavy losses, often to the point of offsetting potential benefit to such that the struggle becomes less winnable for the Pyrrhic victor than it was before battle commenced. Usually the phrase refers to a battle, but it can also be used by analogy to any struggle between two or more sides.

The phrase alludes to the King Pyrrhus of Epirus, who defeated the Romans at Heraclea and Asculum in 279 BCE but with severe casualties of his own. Pyrrhus's famous statement "One more such victory and I am lost" led to the term "Pyrrhic victory" for any victory so costly as to be ruinous.

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1 Examples of Pyrrhic victories 2 See also 3 External links

Examples of Pyrrhic victories

• Battle of Bunker Hill
• Battle of Chosin Reservoir
• Battle of Crete
• Battle of Heraclea
• Battle of Isandlwana
• McLibel case

See also

• Battle of attrition
• winner's curse
• heroic failure

External links

• Words of Wisdom: Pyrrhic
• Der sechste Abschnitt der frühen römischen Republik (German)
• A detailed description of the Pyrrhic War

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